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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1915
Page
3
Advice from J W Griffin on selecting site suitable trees, soil preparation, and planting steps. Explains dig depth, soil layering, root placement, mulch with straw, and avoiding manure near roots. Emphasizes fall or early winter planting for larger trees and the critical first summer.
Do not plant magnolias in autumn. spring is best. Clear weeds before seed set and destroy fall webworm webs. Plan cold frames and a small greenhouse, and consider a compact spraying outfit. Salvia shines for hedges and borders. cormels multiply and seedlings flower later. Prepare soil, plant corms in furrows, water daily, and keep beds mellow. Remove spent blooms daily and store bulbs after digging before freeze.
George S Woodruff extols the gladiolus as the people’s flower noting its long lasting cut form and vivid colors. He explains propagation by direct multiplication cormels and seeds and outlines seasonal cycle from digging corms in the fall to new growth and bloom.
The article advises thorough watering of plants in the morning. Soak pots in a tub until soil shows moisture, then drain. Small frequent dabs cause problems while a deep, single soaking nourishes roots.
A week after the start of the war, German forces crossed the Yser near Dixmude while Russians pushed Germans from the Vistula and retook Lodz and Radom. Battles continue near Przemysl and on multiple fronts as ships, mines, and air attacks unfold across Europe, Africa, and the Atlantic.
Belgians push along the Yser forcing a German retreat while Germans gain in the Argonne. Russians drive retreating Germans from Czernowitz and seize guns and aircraft. Austrians win near Tarnow. Japanese with Indian troops strike at Tsingtau. Koenigsberg sails up the Rufiji inland. Turkish torpedo boats bombard Odessa sinking a Russian gunboat three liners and a French steamer. Black Sea fleets clash as 1914 reserves are called up and the American commission ships aid Belgium.
A man concerned about his health argues that hope lies in medical progress as more new medicines are invented each year, suggesting the world could improve through advances in healthcare.
Fragmentary line from Louisville Courier-Journal jokes that vegetables may be helped by praise. The quirky item notes scientists discussing plant responses and humorously imagines praise swelling beads on crops.
Yonkers New York inventor Caleb C Dula has secured three patents. The first two apply to tobacco packing in elongated cartridge form with sections for smoking or chewing, including a filler and a binder. The third covers a pipe designed to hold cartridges and prevent accidental dislodgment when pressed into and expanded within the bowl.
An ad suggests thick lovely hair results from Cuticura Shampoo and Ointment applied to dandruff spots. It touts a clean scalp for healthy hair and offers free samples by mail from Boston. A short radio-style joke about corn on the farm appears in the Transcript.
Advice warns that nails injuring horses and cattle can cause blood poisoning. Apply Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh into the wound to kill poison germs. Keep a bottle in the stable for other uses as needed.
An advertisement page touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonics for malaria and iron for vitality, Hanford's Balsam for wounds and burns, Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening, plus assorted moral quips and trade offers from printers and tailors.
A Kansas City man staying as a boarder at a neighbors home for about half a day this summer sought a sands barrel from a mule and provoked the neighbor to describe the visitor as believing simple and idiotic were synonyms.
An old dibbled ad notes relief for rheumatism and promotes Cross Ball Blue for whitening clothes. Mentions salt and fresh water fish in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela and retail grocers carrying the product.
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